Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages (1851)
Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, 1806-1867, Millington, Ellen J, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 136
e any constant communica-tion between the East and West took place, and fromprimitive times down to the twelfth and thiiteenth centuries, the Christian devil constantly assumed the humanform. These forms varied, but not in any vital point,and sometimes the devil was only a very ugly man.Indeed, he… … Fig. 176.—SATAN WITHSERPENT HOENS.* * MS. circ. 13th century. Coll. of Duke of Anjou. BiN. Nat. Paria. 126 CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. [D.] sarcophagi ; there are no devils in the basilicas, or amongthe mosaics and capitals, but the old manuscripts showthem, though rarely.* In the Sacramentaire of…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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